Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-91

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-91

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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STS-91

STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998.

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Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 6

Status Retired

Landing Time 1998-06-12T18:00:00+0000


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Crew

Charles J. Precourt

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1955-06-29

Status Retired

Type Government


Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1957-05-02

Status Retired

Type Government


Franklin Chang Díaz

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1950-04-05

Status Retired

Type Government


Janet L. Kavandi

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1959-07-17

Status Retired

Type Government


Valery Ryumin

Mission Specialist

Nationality Russian

Date Of Birth 1939-08-16

Status Retired

Type Government


Wendy B. Lawrence

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1959-07-02

Status Retired

Type Government


Space Shuttle


Height 56.10 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN

Diameter 8.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 27500 kg

Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes


Launch Success 133

Consecutive Success 22

Maiden Flight 1981-04-12

Launch Failures 2


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Programs

Mir

Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996.

Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

Shuttle–Mir

The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.

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